Multimedia by the IMAGINE Lab

The IMAGINE (Interactive Media Architecture Group in Education) Lab is composed of a group of researchers and students with a mission of serving the Architecture/Engineering/Construction (AEC) community by: providing exemplary applications of cutting edge, architectural visualization technologies; and, preparing students in the use of these technologies. IMAGINE realizes the benefits and potential of integrating research and education. The staff members of the IMAGINE Lab offer courses in architectural visualization and on-line environments. Student members are actively involved in applied, sponsored projects that are related to the lab's research interests. Below you will find links to some of the work that the IMAGINE Lab has done.

The Georgia Aquarium

The Georgia Aquarium project began as a series of 2D images in slideshow format but grew to into several 3D flythroughs of the site. Working from CAD data provided by the architects as well as numerous site visits to collect reference imagery the Imagine Lab created a total of 8 animations. These included the 5 galleries, the event room, an exterior flythrough, and an atrium flythrough. Additionally, the lab's resident musician composed original music for each animation.

Cold Water Quest The second-longest gallery, Cold Water Quest contained both interior shots as well as a trip outside to the sea lion tank. Outdoor lighting plus fleeting shots of the Atlanta skyline added to the complexity of this shot.		11.6mb
River Scout This gallery posed numerous challenges technically, including the spline IK-based jumping Arawana fish, the darkened, jungle-like interior, and the various water effects located throughout the gallery.		5.5mb
Ocean Voyager The longest gallery, Ocean Voyager proved to be an immense challenge. The enormous size of the tank required several hundred animated fish, including two gigantic whale sharks.		9.7mb

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Bid for NASCAR Hall of Fame in Atlanta

The Central Atlanta Progress group contacted the IMAGINE Lab and requested assistance in their bid for the NASCAR Hall of Fame in Atlanta. The IMAGINE Lab responded by created a visualization of the proposed structure, located near Centennial Olympic Park. Like the Georgia Aquarium, the exterior animation shows the structure within the greater context of downtown Atlanta. Here's the Atlanta bid for the NASCAR Hall of Fame website.

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